Royal Mail Strategy To Force Through Change And Derecognise The CWU

The Communication Workers Union is appalled by details in a Royal Mail document which expose that the company wants to sideline the union.

The internal Royal Mail document, called 'Dispute: Strategic Overview', says that Royal Mail is prepared to continue with non-agreement and makes threats about taking facility time away from CWU reps.

It details the aim of forcing through change with or without the agreement of the Union and states that it has full support of 'the shareholder'.

Of course the only shareholder is the Government and it is clear from Lord Mandelson's responses to the document that he is fully aware of its contents whilst at the same time denying any knowledge of it!

Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary, called the document "a cynical attempt to derecognise the union".

Billy went on to raise concerns about the role of the government, after Lord Mandelson appeared to show knowledge and familiarity with the document and ruled out the use of ACAS in an interview on Channel 4 News on Thursday evening.

This week the CWU has also learnt that an event jointly planned between the union and Royal Mail called 'Ban Bullying Week' has been pulled. This comes at a time when the issue of bullying and harassment is increasingly raised as a problem.

CWU remains available for talks to resolve the current dispute and reach an agreement which leads to strike action no longer being taken.

You can watch Billy Hayes on the BBC discussing this story:

see the Royal Mail National dispute pages of this website.

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